. On September 22, 2010 started the construction of the Scaldissluis to the Old Cattle Market . This lock is necessary because the water level of the Lower Scheldt, and other watercourses in the center of Ghent, about 1.2 meters higher than the water on the Nieuwbrugkaai and Portus Ganda. The Scaldissluis was completed in the summer of 2012, making the actual digging up the (Lower) Scheldt was possible.